Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 1, 2025

3,543 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $410.25/cwt +20.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,327/hd at 567 lb · 170 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $377.36/cwt +12.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,785/hd at 473 lb · 159 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $352.98/cwt +26.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,984/hd at 562 lb · 149 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,543	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	6	555.00	$555.00	$1,543	—
339–340	340	12	440.00–535.00	$503.40	$1,712	+51.08
363–380	373	18	435.00–522.50	$483.05	$1,802	+28.48
401 value added	401	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,804	—
430–443	431	22	402.50–505.00	$486.59	$2,097	+1.59
453–485	463	84	390.00–485.00	$451.58	$2,091	+22.24
500–504 value added	502	13	435.00–465.00	$446.48	$2,241	—
503–548	527	77	371.00–487.50	$443.41	$2,337	+59.47
550–596	564	145	371.00–490.00	$408.42	$2,303	+18.99
582–587 value added	586	25	420.00–421.00	$420.88	$2,466	—
630	630	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,268	-5.41
617–648	638	85	345.00–425.00	$376.47	$2,402	+11.06
630–640 value added	639	7	360.00–377.00	$374.60	$2,394	—
651–698	658	104	350.50–415.00	$385.00	$2,533	+13.45
650–673 value added	665	11	380.00–395.00	$386.75	$2,572	—
721 value added	721	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,668	—
702–749	741	69	312.00–405.00	$352.43	$2,612	-1.38
752–792 value added	765	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,792	—
753–790	768	28	375.00–380.00	$377.98	$2,903	—
750–782	774	39	285.00–380.00	$344.44	$2,666	—
800–834	814	11	305.00–335.00	$317.96	$2,588	+32.96
839 value added	839	11	377.00	$377.00	$3,163	—
865–890	877	5	275.00–322.50	$289.57	$2,540	+9.57
905–945	940	11	305.00–328.00	$322.72	$3,034	+117.72
950–993	976	28	290.00–317.50	$310.29	$3,028	—
1010 value added	1010	3	335.00	$335.00	$3,384	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–346	345	9	405.00–500.00	$486.99	$1,680	-4.73
360–378	373	15	440.00–495.00	$476.82	$1,779	+32.66
405–443	433	18	350.00–480.00	$440.70	$1,908	+3.73
438 value added	438	3	495.00	$495.00	$2,168	—
453–490	467	33	330.00–490.00	$415.83	$1,942	-13.01
528	528	4	450.00	$450.00	$2,376	+53.59
505–544	537	64	345.00–460.00	$411.47	$2,210	+15.06
554–590	562	9	375.00–383.00	$376.87	$2,118	-2.20
568–569 value added	569	9	340.00–410.00	$386.69	$2,200	-8.31
620–622 value added	621	8	345.00–405.00	$382.45	$2,375	—
622	622	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,488	+32.16
615–643	635	28	340.00–400.00	$369.19	$2,344	+1.35
656–685	664	16	360.00–400.00	$389.26	$2,585	+14.26
711–745	723	19	340.00–360.00	$352.19	$2,546	—
750–768	762	3	345.00–360.00	$349.92	$2,666	+9.19
773	773	6	360.00	$360.00	$2,783	+19.27
780 value added	780	2	333.00	$333.00	$2,597	-34.50
848	848	7	359.50	$359.50	$3,049	—
905	905	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,172	-40.00
922 value added	922	12	300.00	$300.00	$2,766	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481 value added	481	7	455.00	$455.00	$2,189	—
525 value added	525	20	422.50	$422.50	$2,218	—
566	566	9	432.50	$432.50	$2,448	—
569 value added	569	12	487.50	$487.50	$2,774	+83.68
612	612	9	412.50	$412.50	$2,524	+12.50
655–679 value added	667	27	390.00–425.00	$408.46	$2,724	—
708 value added	708	10	383.00	$383.00	$2,712	—
731	731	38	376.00	$376.00	$2,749	—
830	830	38	360.00	$360.00	$2,988	—
834 value added	834	8	380.00	$380.00	$3,169	—
904	904	56	353.00	$353.00	$3,191	—
1050	1050	14	297.50	$297.50	$3,124	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1655	1423	6	217.00–233.00	$226.18	$3,219	—
1120–1690	1526	59	232.00–260.00	$244.78	$3,735	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	3	408.00	$408.00	$1,330	+38.00
350–375	369	7	300.00–405.00	$369.86	$1,365	-37.17
438	438	6	410.00	$410.00	$1,796	-7.74
463–470	465	7	400.00–440.00	$423.57	$1,970	+23.60
525–530	528	2	380.00–383.00	$381.51	$2,014	+7.64
555–592	581	6	310.00–335.00	$319.80	$1,858	-26.37
643	643	4	335.00	$335.00	$2,154	-25.12

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,316	—
441	441	4	386.00	$386.00	$1,702	—
480–495	488	2	300.00–315.00	$307.62	$1,501	-72.38
488	488	4	425.00	$425.00	$2,074	+45.00
559	559	5	362.50	$362.50	$2,026	+62.50
585 value added	585	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,194	—
632	632	2	348.00	$348.00	$2,199	—
700	700	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,135	—
750	750	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,362	±0.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	10	392.50	$392.50	$2,434	—
723 value added	723	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,639	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–274	271	5	400.00–460.00	$448.50	$1,215	-21.50
305–341	328	20	390.00–445.00	$427.76	$1,403	-14.72
355–384	377	31	400.00–440.00	$422.22	$1,592	+11.21
393 value added	393	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,434	—
400–436	426	39	357.50–442.50	$422.86	$1,801	+22.85
450–490	471	144	320.00–435.00	$377.51	$1,778	+12.32
487–497 value added	492	15	350.00–405.00	$375.95	$1,850	—
515–549	541	88	324.00–375.00	$357.11	$1,932	+13.62
550–590	561	130	315.00–365.00	$348.62	$1,956	+22.47
561–584 value added	570	13	379.00–389.00	$385.06	$2,195	—
571	571	6	378.00	$378.00	$2,158	+51.85
600–649	642	60	310.00–360.00	$326.83	$2,098	-3.98
650–690	664	60	297.50–351.00	$326.35	$2,167	+23.89
667 value added	667	9	375.00	$375.00	$2,501	—
710–748	726	38	290.00–340.00	$315.18	$2,288	+19.74
765	765	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,180	+20.17
753–798	767	29	275.00–330.00	$298.17	$2,287	+33.34
800–835	819	8	270.00–307.50	$296.90	$2,432	+21.90
855–875	865	2	270.00–280.00	$275.06	$2,379	-14.94
910–925	918	4	257.50–275.00	$266.18	$2,444	-6.82
975	975	3	265.00	$265.00	$2,584	-16.00
1030 value added	1030	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,781	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–338	329	24	385.00–445.00	$438.62	$1,443	-26.38
353–390	382	39	350.00–430.00	$412.55	$1,576	+5.41
405 value added	405	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,681	—
423–445	433	61	285.00–455.00	$401.84	$1,740	+10.86
450–477	460	58	335.00–385.00	$358.31	$1,648	-6.97
509	509	15	394.00	$394.00	$2,005	+49.57
500–545	533	84	315.00–372.50	$354.15	$1,888	+9.72
551–590	560	35	315.00–359.00	$336.70	$1,886	+9.85
566 value added	566	4	387.50	$387.50	$2,193	—
607–646	633	38	250.00–360.00	$321.50	$2,035	-6.62
650–690	653	34	321.00–360.00	$344.51	$2,250	—
718	718	6	300.00	$300.00	$2,154	-1.32
700–745	729	13	275.00–325.00	$304.38	$2,219	+3.06
765–775	770	2	255.00–292.50	$273.63	$2,107	—
810	810	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,025	-30.40
895	895	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,342	-125.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	335	6	350.00–372.00	$365.10	$1,223	+50.10
363–397	380	6	305.00–387.50	$346.90	$1,318	-30.46
400–442	438	19	340.00–385.00	$357.40	$1,565	+13.43
460	460	12	335.00	$335.00	$1,541	-3.81
515–540	535	14	338.50–360.00	$341.56	$1,827	+14.20
550–597	564	35	320.00–355.00	$334.90	$1,889	-7.23
605–645	629	6	100.00–328.00	$237.12	$1,491	-64.67
653	653	5	327.50	$327.50	$2,139	—
780	780	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,326	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423 value added	423	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,565	—
515 value added	515	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,931	+10.00
562	562	10	360.00	$360.00	$2,023	—
580 value added	580	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,175	+145.00
617 value added	617	16	375.00	$375.00	$2,314	+62.50
660	660	33	371.00	$371.00	$2,449	+43.00
788 value added	788	8	315.00	$315.00	$2,482	+30.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	-172.50
458–463	459	10	200.00–328.00	$299.75	$1,376	+24.75
500–526	523	8	319.00–325.00	$319.72	$1,672	+16.75
563	563	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,520	—
625	625	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,594	-33.75
680	680	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,870	+35.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511 value added	511	4	377.50	$377.50	$1,929	—
603	603	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,110	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1225	1215	3	231.00–236.00	$233.67	$2,839	—
1250–1445	1336	8	237.00–254.00	$244.40	$3,265	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	310.00–455.00	$384.46	$1,069	-130.54
300–348	329	20	365.00–535.00	$463.97	$1,526	-39.32
350–395	380	23	405.00–517.50	$478.91	$1,820	-20.37
402–446	429	51	390.00–475.00	$452.07	$1,939	+8.04
450–499	481	64	315.00–450.00	$424.91	$2,044	+11.50
501–544	525	48	360.00–470.00	$392.32	$2,060	+12.39
550–577	566	117	345.00–440.00	$399.48	$2,261	+29.82
610–639	630	68	315.00–405.00	$371.86	$2,343	+32.23
651–675	657	28	315.00–355.00	$333.81	$2,193	-2.94
705–746	737	7	315.00–350.00	$325.57	$2,399	+27.61
770	770	11	310.00	$310.00	$2,387	+28.01
815–827	824	4	270.00–320.00	$307.64	$2,535	+26.74
865	865	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,162	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–341	330	23	415.00–520.00	$486.28	$1,605	-2.07
350–390	366	25	430.00–507.50	$473.53	$1,733	-7.96
420–448	425	45	370.00–465.00	$445.62	$1,894	+0.59
450–494	477	50	385.00–439.00	$413.37	$1,972	+3.30
505–549	539	36	330.00–405.00	$390.77	$2,106	+18.29
561–567	563	12	357.50–373.00	$367.08	$2,067	+27.11
610–634	627	10	295.00–355.00	$344.85	$2,162	+6.02
650–695	663	14	305.00–347.50	$337.67	$2,239	+8.45
720–735	733	6	275.00–290.00	$287.54	$2,108	-12.06
760–765	763	2	170.00–295.00	$232.30	$1,772	—
835	835	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,296	+35.00
860	860	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,021	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,360	+31.60
355	355	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,456	+30.00
435–445	438	3	415.00–430.00	$424.92	$1,861	-5.08
505–540	515	5	135.00–350.00	$301.83	$1,554	-38.17
585	585	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,638	—
600–630	615	2	265.00–325.00	$295.73	$1,819	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	6	338.00–380.00	$359.24	$1,545	-23.26
490	490	2	374.00	$374.00	$1,833	-0.16
553–580	558	6	280.00–345.00	$333.73	$1,862	-15.27
640	640	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,872	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.